Foreign direct investment in Gambella

This is a very nice movie that shows both the advantage and backside to foreign direct investment...


It is the story of water and land grabbing for irrigated rice, a crop that is not eaten by local population and therefore clearly goes to export... 

 

Watch Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

What would it be if the Ethiopian government would limit access to water, and would enforce that at least 50% of the produced rice is sold in local markets? What if the population that has been moved would be offered a job that pays above the poverty line?

Unfortunately, here is an other example of a missed chance, where it is just about land grabbing at the expense of the  local population...